From: Kirit Mankodi <[email protected]>Sent: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:48:39 To: [email protected]: Fwd: Photo of a Bharhut Tree
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Kirit Mankodi <[email protected]>Date: 1 July 2014 12:40Subject: Re: Photo of a Bharhut TreeTo: radha veach <[email protected]>Cc: [email protected], annapinto <[email protected]> Thank you very much for your mail, and for the interest botanists have taken in this tree from Bharhut. Grafting would be done for economic reasons mainly, I think; in this context, of a goddess clinging to a tree would a grafted tree be represented? I don't know. By the way, I reproduce below a passage from the KATHASARITSAGARA about an ancient belief about certain actions resulting in trees bearing flowers: “(Came spring) when the kuruvaka trees bloom, as they are embraced by young maids; when the asoka trees burst into bloom, as they are struck by the feet of young women; when the bakula trees bloom, if sprayed with wine from the mouths of gazelle-eyed maidens; when the campaka trees burst, as they are sprinkled with perfumed water.” On 1 July 2014 12:25, radha veach <[email protected]> wrote: I think Vijaysankar has hit the nail on the head.According to S.C. Banerjee's Flora and Fauna in Sanskrit Literature the idea of grafting was not alien in ancient times. Texts with details of grafting procedures are Kanda-ropa and Brhat-samhita.Moreover in another text, Upavana-vinoda," we find a process of producing fragrant flowers in a tree that bear odourless flowers".Knowledge of these botanical marvels might have inspired the artists in the case of the Bharhut tree.regardsRadha On Thursday, June 26, 2014 11:40:50 PM UTC+5:30, klmankodi wrote: Dear Madam, Thank you for your mail. I have just forwarded to you my earlier mail tsent o Dr. Vijayasankar. I had my doubt about the leaves, of which there is a profusion, while Couroupita photographs I saw do not have any leaves. But Kadamba should be eliminated, because the Kadamba flower does not look like this sculpture. Two thousand years ago flowering trees were present before the eyes of the sculptors and they would not have taken the liberty of combining two species, I think. Among the Bharhut sculptures five or six species of trees are represented under which female figures stand, and all are faithful renderings, both foliage and flowers. So, please keep thinking; I will be eager for your feedback. Best regards. K. Mankodi From: radha veach [email protected] Sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:44:59 To: [email protected]: [email protected] Subject: Re: Photo of a Bharhut Tree Dear Sir,this is very interesting. I can see why Couroupita has been suggested but I have some doubts because the leaves in the sculpture do not resemble leaves of that tree at all.They actually look more like Peepal leaves, (Ficus religiosa). At a stretch you could say they were kadamba leaves (Neolamarckia cadamba) and the circular thing being kadamba flowers with many petals.Perhaps the sculptor has taken an artistic licence and combined features of more than one species which he has seen.regardsRadha On Saturday, June 21, 2014 5:31:17 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: Forwardingfor Id assistance please. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Kirit Mankodi <[email protected]>Date: 21 June 2014 15:23 Subject: Photo of a Bharhut TreeTo: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>Cc: Anna Pinto <[email protected]> Dear Sir, I am writing to you after viewing your botanical photographs in Wikipedia. Can you identifythis flowering tree from Bharhut in central India, please? I will be much obliged. Thank you. K. Mankodi Get your own FREE website, FREE domain & FREE mobile app with Company email. Know More > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna'The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia website (with a species database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. Get your own FREE website, FREE domain & FREE mobile app with Company email. Know More > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
